Cow-stall.



No. 7|6,'952. Patented Dec. 30, |9025 W. A. SNOW.

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COW-STALL.

SPECIFICATEGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,952, dated December30, 1902.

Application filed April 3, 1902. Serial No. 101,153. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM A. SNOW, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cow-Stalls,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, durable, and strongcowstall which can be thoroughly cleansed and which can be duplicated toform a series of stalls side by side, said stalls being made,preferably, of metal in order that they may be thoroughly cleansed andfor sanitary reasons.

The invention consists in a cow-stall comprising a side frame formed ofhorizontal and vertical lengths of pipe, said lengths of pipe joinedtogether by connections and rigidly fastened to anchors provided in thefloor.

The invention again consists, in a cow-stall, of a side frame formed oflengths of pipe, connections joining said lengths of pipe together, theinner sides of said lengths of pipe being provided with a slot, andsheet metal extending across the space inclosed by said pipe andprojecting into said slot.

The invention again consists of a cow-stall with side frames formed ofpipe and a sheetmetal manger partition extending transversely of saidstall between said side frames.

The invention again consists of certain improved means whereby amanger-cleaning board is attached to the standards at the head of theside frames in such a manner as to be readily raised or detachedtherefrom, and thus render it easy to cleanse the mangers.

The invention finally consists in the coinbination and arrangement ofparts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointedout in the claims.

Referring tothe drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedcow-stall. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the same.Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.t is a detail transverse section taken on line 4 Lof Fig. 2.

Like numerals refer to like part-s throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 8 is a side frame constructed in accordance with myinvention, consisting of horizontal lengths of pipe 9 and 10, joined byconnections 11 and l2, respectively,

to a curved length of pipe 13. The horizontal pipe 9 is joined by aconnection 14 to a vertical standard l5 at the head of the stall, saidstandard being formed of two lengths of pipe joined together by aconnection l6. The connection 12 has a short length of vertical pipeextending downwardly therefrom into a recess 18, formed in the top ofthe anchor 19, said anchor being rigidly fast to and embedded in aconcrete or granolithio fioor 20. The standard l5 also projectsdownwardly into a recess 2l, formed in the upper part of the anchor 22,also embedded in said floor.

The right-hand end of the horizontal pipe 10 screws into a T connection23, said T connection having a short length of vertical pipe 24, whichextends into a recess formed in the upper part of the anchor 25. Theinner edge of the standard l5, horizontal pipe 9, curved pipe 13, and'horizontal pipe 10 is provided with a slot 26, and Within the spaceinclosed by said standard 15 and pipes 9, 13, and 10isa sheet of metal27, extending across said space and into said slot 26, beingthus heldrmly in position. A vertical standard 23 connects the connections l1 and23 and is divided longitudinally thereof into two parts, (see Fig. 4,)said parts being held together by the connections 1l and 23 and thesheet metal 27 passing between said parts. The parts forming thestandard 2S are further held together by screws 29 29, which serve theadditional purpose of holding firmly attached to the standard 28 ahitching bar 30. A chain 31, attached to said hitching-bar, serves tofasten the cow to the hitching-ba.., said chain being capable of beingmoved up and down upon the hitohingbar without discomfort to the animal.A manger 33 is formed by a sheet-metal partition 32, which extendstransversely of the stall between the side frames 8 8, said partitionbeing bent in an inverted-V shape for the 'sake of strength and also toprevent injury to the cow by presenting a sharp edge upon which shemight be accidentally cut While feeding or in lying down. In order toprevent the food from being pushed out of the manger 33 into thepassage-way 34 at the head of the stall, a manger-cleanin g board 35 isprovided, extending transversely of the stalls and across several ofsaid stalls, said mangerboard being held in an upright position IOOvpassing through the connection 16.

against the standards 15 by aretaining-bar 36, fast at the npper end tothe connection 16 by a screw 37 and projecting at its lower end' into arecess 38, formed in the upper face of the anchor 22.

It will be seen that the manger-cleaning board lies between thestandards 15 and the retaining-arms 36, and in order that saidcleaning-board may be raised to remove dirt from the manger a spacetherefor is left between the upper side of said manger-cleaning boardand the screw 37. It is evident that if desired the retaining-arms maybe removed and the cleaning-board taken out.

Extending transversely of the stalls and from one tothe other arehorizontal pipes 39 and 40, the horizontal pipe 39 passing through theconnection 14 and the horizontal pipe 40 These pipes 39 and 40 form thehead of the stall where a series of stalls are used side by side, extendacross each of said stalls, and assist in imparting strength andrigidity to the cowstall as a whole.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by LettersPatent to secure, is-

1. In a cow-stall, two side frames, each formed of pipe and having aVertical standard at the head of each of said sides, a retainin g-barattached to each of said standards,

standard, and a retaining-arm, itsupper end fast to said standard, thelower end entering the other of said recesses.

3. In a cow-stall, a side frame formed of lengths of pipe and having avertical standard at the head thereof, pipe connections joining saidlengths of pipe together, the inner sides of said pipe being providedwith slots, a second vertical standard located between the two endsofsaid side frame and formed in two parts, said parts joined together attheir ends by two of said pipe connections, and a sheet of metalextending across the space inclosed by saidpipe across and between thetwo parts of said central Vertical standard and projecting into saidslots.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. SNOW.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES S. GooDING, ANNIE J'. DAILEY.

